Republicans are pushing to seat Mr Kavanaugh before the November midterms, when Senate control could fall to the Democrats and a replacement Trump nominee could have even greater difficulty.

"This is ridiculous and from the Twilight Zone", he said in a statement. He and one of the accusers, Christine Blasey Ford, will testify publicly Thursday before the Judiciary Committee. She also said Kavanaugh was present at a 1982 party at which she was raped.

On Wednesday President Trump said he could withdraw Judge Kavanaugh's nomination if he "thought he was guilty of something like this".

During the 2016 presidential campaign, at least 15 women accused Trump of misbehavior ranging from sexual harassment and sexual assault to lewd behavior around women. The committee is set to vote on whether to recommend Kavanaugh's nomination to the full Senate on Friday. Chuck Grassley. "I ask for fair and respectful treatment".

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A week earlier, Hogan had rejected a Democratic state senator's call for Maryland state police to investigate Ford's story. He told Kavanaugh that he hopes the nominee ends up on the Supreme Court, saying, "that's exactly where you should be".

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I am here because I believe it is my civic duty to tell you what happened to me while Brett Kavanaugh and I were in high school". Instead of questioning Ford themselves, Republicans hired Rachel Mitchell, the Arizona sex crimes prosecutor, to question Ford.

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